Research on Approaches of Implementation of Instruction Set Simulator

Instruction set simulator is a critical tool for both architecture exploration and design of software. With the development of embedded system, a more complex software platform is required. An instruction set simulator specific to micro-controller with different architecture shall be developed. In this paper, the approaches to implement an ISS have been divided into traditional approaches and advanced approaches. About five approaches have been discussed and compared with different use cases. In the end, an interpretive simulation technique is suggested for its full flexibility and popularity in practice.